My Digital Making Journey- Original Tutorials and Reflection: Acquiring Proficiency and Completing Modules

Having to complete the online inductions wasn't something i was completely aware of at the first stage, i had heard in class that there were some inductions we had to do but i had no idea what that would entail or where i would have to go to do them. I wasn't sure if they were part of the course or not, or just a separate prerequisite to use the workshop space and machinery.
Having done a major work in Woodwork at school i have spent a lot of time in a workshop but have never had to be officially inducted into a work space, so i was a bit surprised at first.

I had a quick skim read through the course outline and managed to work out the correct process to complete all the necessary online inductions and quizzes and then book in for an both the workshop, metal working and FabLAb inductions.

I think, once again, that if there was a way to incorporate this online work into class time it would have been done by everyone a lot sooner and with a lot more of an understanding.

This may come across a bit simply, but initially i was confused as to why we couldn't do these inductions during allocated class and what the reason for everyone just standing around doing nothing during class was. If there was a way to organise a group or entire class to do the inductions over a single day. Possibly during week two that would save a substantial amount of time. I believe the quality of work would have been a lot higher had we moved through the earlier stages a lot smoother had this been the case. That is not saying that it isn't completely my fault as a student for not investigating the course outline further earlier on, but when you've been doing classes for a long time a certain way you come to expect them to be presented in a particular fashion. I didn't really consider that the content of the class wasn't being discussed during class time, you just assume that there wasn't much to discuss at the time and the Russell would tell everyone when and how things were to be done. Everything we needed to know was in the course outline and class time was to spend time working on your project and ask questions. Most classes are the opposite. It confused me at first.